d) The name and photo associated with your Google account will be recorded when you upload files and submit this form, please ensure you are using the desire Google account for submission.

e) The following material must be attached to the online submission:

Bio-filmography of Director (<250 Character)

Synopsis of Short Film (<100 Character)

Still image/Poster of Short Film (max 300dpi)

f) Only online screener for preview purpose (Downloadable link: mov, mp4, H.264 with format 1080p) is accepted and taken into consideration.

g) Deadline for Submission: 3rd June 2018 (before 23:59 UTC/GMT)

4. Selection

a) Any film selected for the competition will not be removed from the selection. If necessary, SeaShorts reserves the right to appeal in court to claim any compensation deemed useful and necessary.

b) The list of the selected films will be available on the Festival's website on July the 4th, 2018 at the latest. All the contacts of the submitted films will be informed by email of the selection results.

5. Publication Authorization

a) All the texts, data and photos transferred by participants to SeaShorts during online submission will be used for reference in various online and offline bilingual publications (including Festival catalogue, website).

b) This material may be translated, corrected or edited prior to publication. Under the terms of the present regulations, all participants give SeaShorts free permission to publish and use this material for the above purposes.

6. Guarantees

a) All submissionmust not breach any third party copy right (i.e. if you used commercial video, music or stills, please clear the copy right before submitting.)

b) Participants declare that they hold all of the copyrights, intellectual property rights and all other types of rights, or the authorizations required, for the film to participate in the competition(s) and for all other rights granted to SeaShorts under the terms of the present regulations.

c) Consequently, participants guarantee SeaShorts against any and all claims, demands, suits, and actions taken against it by third parties on any grounds whatsoever. Participants undertake to guarantee, compensate and hold harmless SeaShorts against any expenses, in particular expenses and fees related to court proceedings, and direct or indirect damage, as well as any sentences imposed on SeaShorts or payment resulting from a settlement signed with the plaintiff.

d) In addition, participants are reminded that failure to hold the rights and authorizations required for the film to participate in competition(s) and for all other rights granted to SeaShorts as referred to in the present article, may result in the application of criminal and civil penalties as provided by the law.

7. Television broadcasting and the Internet

a) Participantsgive SeaShorts free permission to reproduce and broadcast clips of the selected films presented in the Festival on terrestrial, digital, cable, satellite and ADSL television channels and on Internet sites.

b) These clips are limited to 10% of the total duration of any film and not exceeding 30 seconds. They can only be used as part of stories covering the Festival, TV or Web programmes and interviews and/or promotional trailers or advertising for the Festival current or future editions.

c) Permission for using these clips is granted for a one-year period, starting on the date of submission of the film, and is renewable by tacit agreement, unless terminated by recorded delivery mail at least two (2) months before its term.

8. Archiving and viewing of films in SeaShorts’s Resource Centre

a) Since its creation SeaShorts has always conducted a mission of preservation of the short film heritage. To this effect, all the video recordings submitted for selection are stored and archived by SeaShorts, who may have to transfer them on new current or future (digital or other) formats for improved storage purposes.

b) Participants give SeaShorts free permission to implement, as part of its mission of preserving the short film heritage, the free, individual consultation of the films archived in its Resource Centre for a period of 10 years starting on the date of submission of the film and renewable by tacit agreement unless terminated by recorded delivery mail at least two (2) months before its term.

c) SeaShorts undertakes to use these films exclusively for its own strictly cultural, non-commercial purposes.

9. Prolongation of the Festival

a) Films selected for being presented at the Festival may be made available for free, individual viewing in the online libraries of NNW Films Sdn Bhd which the SeaShorts’s Resource Centre is attached. In this case a special authorization on a separate document will be requested from the rights-holders for these films.

b) Participants give SeaShorts free permission to make a video montage of excerpts of several films selected in the Festival (especially prized and award-winning films) and broadcast it on any format for Festival promotional use in Malaysia and abroad, for a period of one year starting on the date of submission of the film, and renewable by tacit agreement, unless terminated by recorded delivery mail at least two (2) months before its term.

10. Miscellaneous

a) Participation in the Festival implies acceptance without reservation of all the terms outlined in the present regulations.

b) SeaShorts or its representative reserves the right to cancel any submission or take any suitable measure in the event of a breach of regulations or in response to any behaviour disturbing the course of the Festival. In case of litigation, only the Malaysia courts shall be competent and have jurisdiction.

Award

USD 2,500 Purin Award will be given by Purin Pictures to the most promising filmmaker in the SeaShorts Competition.

URSA Mini 4.6K EF worth USD 4995 will be given by Blackmagic Design to the Best Cinematography in the SeaShorts Competition.

Resolve Micro Panel worth USD 995 and Resolve Studio worth USD 299 will be given by Blackmagic Design to the Best Post-Production in the SeaShorts Competition.

Information

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